Manchester City withdraw Nigeria's Kelechi Iheanacho from Olympics

Iheanacho told reporters: "It's up to the club and country to decide. If your country wants you to play, you really want to go and play as well. It's not my intention to decide. As I said it's not my opinion." The decision to miss out on the Olympics ...

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Iheanacho told reporters: "It's up to the club and country to decide. If your country wants you to play, you really want to go and play as well. It's not my intention to decide. As I said it's not my opinion." The decision to miss out on the Olympics ...

Nigeria are still waiting to hear whether Manchester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho will be able to play in the Rio Olympics, the nation's coach for the Games has said. The national team's under-23 coach, Samson Siasia, says they are yet to have a ...

Nigeria have named Kelechi Iheanacho alongside John Obi Mikel, Alex Iwobi and Odion Ighalo in their provisional squad for this summer's Olympic Games, despite opposition from Manchester City. The Premier League club are yet to decide whether to ...

Kelechi Iheanacho would arguably perform well at the Olympics, but he must wait to earn his place. There is plenty to be said for having a star player of genuine, game-changing quality on a football squad, especially one that is heading for a major ...

The highlight of the season for Iheanacho had to have been his hat-trick vs Aston Villa in the F.A. Cup. The best part of that hat-trick was the youngster scored each goal in a different way. The first coming on a rebound, the second from a penalty ...and more »

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola with Kelechi Iheanacho. - Eurosport. His injury-hit captain? “My dream for Vincent Kompany is to be fit. He is a magnificent centre-back.” The ageing, increasingly moody midfielder he sold at Barcelona? “I know ...

At £13.8m the Spanish international represents a cut price option - but one Guardiola clearly believes can ease the goal-scoring burden on Sergio Aguero. With Kelechi Iheanacho already at the Etihad and Schalke forward Leroy Sane a £40m target, there ...